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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:07 pm
by gonchy
i tried something on the side a couple of years ago :p
which was selling made to order porch roofs ,bay window roofs all smallish size on the bay got alot of interest and made quite a few but my biggist proplem was storage and transport as i didnt want to get into to much as it was something on the side so just stopped it now there is loads of joinery companys doing it on there now
as for housing boom there trying but the suppliers cant keep up one of our sites in didcot (10years work)want 330 units this year alone but cant get the blocks ,bricks,stone etc they was promissed so at the moment unless the supps want to up the production it wont happen
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:15 pm
by DNgroundworks
No hobbies tbh, only the gym, which i go everyday. I do like fishing...just no gear.
Just the skills i have ie: paving, groundworks, machine op, general building. I can turn my hand to anything tbh i dont think that would be an issue. Id like something internet based, buying an selling seems to flick my switch.
All the time in the world at the minute!
Yep got several insulated and empty shipping containers and a yard i have access too.
Nope no more staff.
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:55 pm
by ilovesettsonmondays
Safe storage with your containers an option . Buying and selling online need to be on front page of google to sell ,getting there takes time . I sell tickets online as a little side line nothing great just a bit of extra cash .learn to bake or cook . Food or beauty the way forward
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:06 pm
by GB_Groundworks
Funny I was looking at crushers this morning for down the line, got to price a 2000m2 car park and got 4-500 tons of rebar concrete on site.
There a guidetti ceaser 2 on eBay £30k wondering whether its work to buy it use it then sell it on or just hire in a 40 ton terex beast and do it all in a week.
Ambient has one of those komplett crushers
Dan what were you paying for that crusher a week,
Has that old boy you were working with not got anything for you
As for cement mixer if you mean small site they don't use then it's all silos now on big sites
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:21 pm
by DNgroundworks
No we are both sat about waiting for the next job to start, it is bloody killing me, hopefully next week we can hit it.
1000 acre estate and a big lump of money was left to a bloke with the condition that the money be spent on the refurb of the estate, we are pricing for lakes, ponds, harvesting timber, roads etc Im just hoping there is an old quarry somewhere on site that we can re-open...get myself a crusher then 
Got to wait for surveyors and architects to finish mapping the place out, its massive.
I dont like the look of them guidetti crushers, i dont know why, they just look gay...lol! Theres a bloke round here who has one and im amazed it actually works like it should, it looks naff.
Try ECY equipment giles they hire out rubble master crushers. We had the RM70 at 500 per day plus haulage from them, we also had a 3 way screener also at similar price.
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:26 pm
by Dave_L
£48+VAT/hr for an RM60
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:12 pm
by GB_Groundworks
Ohh they're a nice looking bit of kit 52k for a second hand one dan
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:22 pm
by DNgroundworks
a rubble master, where have you seen that giles?
Would be better if it was a jaw arrangement but owell, saw one today actually being fed by a monster crusher on a local demo site.
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:54 pm
by lutonlagerlout
GB_Groundworks wrote:Has that old boy you were working with not got anything for you
without "old boys" giles who would we learn from?
I have looked at lots of things dan
importing furniture from Romania ,nearly happened 10 years ago but couldn't get hijack insurance
buying property and renting it out is always a long term earner
ebay is pretty much worthless now for selling unless you are a business user
I dont know if rock is right but historically boom follows bust in the building game,and by christ we have been in a bust for 4 years
LLL :;):
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:53 pm
by DNgroundworks
I hope.....to god.....he is right!
I set off in June 2007 and it had been a struggle ever since.
Nothing worse than being on a roll then all of a sudden having the plug pulled on a job, its not like you can just walk straight off the job and on to another, especially when plans havent been drawn or approved, as everyone thought we would be busy for a while on the job youve just had stopped.
Very frustrating, the works there just got to be patient.
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:12 pm
by digerjones
sorry no good idears, think theres better people than me thinking up good idears.
working for my mates dad at mo, my mate builds trailors and in nov 2008 his staff was on short time, he now cant make them quick enough.
http://www.prgtrailers.co.uk/
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:23 pm
by GB_Groundworks
Dan it's on Marcus not in the uk though Belgium,
Re getting into demolition. It's over saturated and a nightmare with insurance and machines, our £10k a year insurance won't cover us for demolition work. You need full rops and fops cages, dust suppression waste management plans etc
Not to mention multiple skips for wood etc there aren't any small demo firms really most run 8 wheeler hook lifts etc
I've priced a few for builders and can never beat the established demo firms on price
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:34 pm
by London Stone Paving
What about a mini concrete pump? Market it to all the local builders and landscapers. It might earn you a few quid.
If your serious about selling something you should get yourself across to china. They have huge trade shows over there where you can buy every single product imaginable, and quite a few products you couldn't imagine. The halls are so big that it takes days to see everything and you can even hire golf buggies to get around
I reckon walking around one of these places would get the ideas flowing
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:25 am
by Carberry
GB_Groundworks wrote:Dan it's on Marcus not in the uk though Belgium,
Re getting into demolition. It's over saturated and a nightmare with insurance and machines, our £10k a year insurance won't cover us for demolition work. You need full rops and fops cages, dust suppression waste management plans etc
Not to mention multiple skips for wood etc there aren't any small demo firms really most run 8 wheeler hook lifts etc
I've priced a few for builders and can never beat the established demo firms on price
That's rough. My insurace is £5k, thats for hazardous goods, £10 million public and employee liability and 2 vehicles.
As others have said, for internet selling you need to get to top of google which can take awhile, especially if there are a lot of people selling same products as you. Check out http://www.alibaba.com/ for a rough idea of prices for buying in bulk from china / india.
You're not wanting to do deliveries so that limits you to what a courier would carry.
If you have free time after you have got stock in then you need to get out selling, cold calling, driving around and dropping in to see people etc
I started out with a cash account at Flogas, picked up some gas bottles, paid cash for them then drove around and sold them. Think I remember Steve saying he started out delivering stone on back of a transit, handballing it all.
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:39 am
by michaelthegardener
how about rubbish clearance shed / garage stuff i made 145 quid plus what i charged to get rid of it from one 8x4 shed last year :p if only i had the space to store more id prob be down at the carboot most sundays 